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Re: Small Gauge Train Tracks ??
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lugnet.trains
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Tue, 10 Apr 2001 20:55:26 GMT
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John Neal wrote:
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> Shaun Sullivan wrote:
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> > Are there any commonly-used custom track styles that can accomodate the
> > small train wheels on a 4-stud-wide scale? That is to say, if you have
> > the small train wheels mounted on a 2x2 plate w/ two axle posts off the
> > sides, what can you build to use for track? I would like to make a
> > small equipment cart that follows rails, and while I have a number of
> > small train wheels and axles to pin them on, I have nothing for them to
> > run on right now.
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> > The small wheels I'm talking about are the ones found in set #4541, the
> > Road-n-Rail Service Truck:
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> > http://guide.lugnet.com/set/4541
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> > Any thoughts or ideas? I'm hoping there might be a universally used
> > method that works beautifully, but which I haven't stumbled on yet,
> > being rather new to all things train. Thanks in advance ...
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> Shaun-
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> You can use the 4.5 volt track and it works rather nicely, although I'm
> not sure if the curves work out correctly.
4.5v track will work for straights, but the curves won't. I did
experiment though with 12v track. By using the conductor rail, you can
get a semi-workable narrow guage. The problem is that the conductor
rails aren't quite centered on the stud pitch. Turnouts and cross tracks
won't work at all though (the wheel basically rides in the groove
between the conductor rails, and the turnouts and cross tracks don't
have that groove all the way through).
--
Frank Filz
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